We lost a Snape, a woman lost half the world.
In our hearts forever Professor Snape, Alan Rickman, has passed away. His family released a statement on Thursday UK time:
Actor and director Alan Rickman died of cancer at the age of 69. He left in the company of family and friends.
A group of people who grew up watching Harry Potter were confused. Rickman interpreted the dark, proud and affectionate Snape so well that we couldn't tell the boundaries between actor and character, and we didn't believe that anyone else could replace snape in our minds.
Regarding Snape and Lily's relationship, the phrase "Always" he uttered became the most touching scene in Harry's films. Loving only one person in a lifetime, clinging to magical love, seems to be a story that only happens in the magical world.
But Rickman used his life to practice this "Always".
This is Rima Horton, Rickman's wife and the only lover of his life.
They met in 1965, when Rickman was 19 and Rima was 18, both students at Chelsea College of Art and Design, and they soon had a relationship. Rima is Rickman's first love.
After 12 years in love, Rickman, 31, and Rima, 30, officially moved in. Soon after, Rima became a member of the Labour Party's Parliamentary Committee and was also a lecturer in economics at Kingston University. Because of Rima's political career, Rickman and she never moved out of London in their lives.
In 2012, they had a secret wedding in New York after 47 years of love. Rima didn't like exaggerated rings, so Rickman prepared her a plain ring for $200 (1317 yuan), but she never wore it. But Rickman was too low-key and didn't know about the wedding until 2015, saying, "There was no one around at the time, and it was a great feeling." After the wedding, we strolled across the Brooklyn Bridge and had lunch together. ”
The two of them have no children but have lived together for 50 years. Rickman said of Rima: "I think every relationship has its own rules. She is very tolerant, incomparably tolerant, incredibly tolerant. She could be a candidate for the saints. ”
After so many years in the entertainment industry and acting in countless classic movies and plays, Rickman has never had a scandal with any actress, and almost every time he attends a major occasion, his female companion is always Rima.
Rickman is silent about his life, and people can't dig out the details of his and Rima's love affair, but their love story has become a myth in the entertainment industry. Some fans have made them a Tumblr station to collect the occasions they appear together; some people have made them a love video, from which you can feel how low-key they really are... And, what that phrase always looks like in the Muggle world.